IFDS Blind Match Racing day 1

6:26 AM Mon 21 Mar 2011 GMT

'Close racing in a freshening breeze on Matilda Bay. Sheen (GBR) v Forth (AUS). - IFDS Blind Match Racing Championship' David Staley Click Here to view large photo

IFDS Blind Match Racing and on the first day of the Homerus Blind Match RacingChampionshop at the Royal Perth Yacht Club, Great Britain's Vicki Sheen has won each of her four matches. The IFDS Blind Match Racing Championship is being sailed in Sonar keelboats on the Swan River?s Matilda Bay, using the Homerus Autonomous Sailing system. Three acoustic buoys, each with a unique signal, define the course and boats have their own sound signal that changes when on port or starboard tack. A crew of three sailors classified as B1, B2 or B3 under the IBSA Classification System make-up teams ...

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by David Staley

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